Nehassaiu deGannes
Nehassaiu (né-hé-sigh-u) (she/ her/ hers) has appeared in a range of classical and contemporary roles at theaters in New York, regionally and internationally, including Stratford Festival of Canada, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Theatre, DC, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Soho Rep, LaMama, Cleveland Play House and The McCarter Theater's Every 28 Hours Plays. Cited "Best Performance In A Play 2017" by The Wall Street Journal for her portrayal of "Esther" in Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel at Shakespeare & Co., Nehassaiu is also recipient of the 2016 Berkshire Theatre Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her multiple-character work in Shakespeare & Co's production of Liz Duffy Adams' Or,. Off-B'way, she originated "Angie" in Soho Rep's Obie Award winning production of Aleshea Harris's Is God Is and "Arkadina" in The Assembly's world premiere SEAGULLMACHINE. Nehassaiu has twice served as featured performer for The UN Trust Fund To End Violence Against Women and toured nationally with choreographer Cynthia Oliver's inter-disciplinary wok on Caribbean diaspora, women and calypso, Rigidigidim De Bamba De. Her solo-show Door of No Return, originally produced by Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University, has been presented at several theatres and colleges in NY and the Northeast. Recipient of an Assembly Theater Deceleration Lab Grant, Nehassau is actively dreaming up ways to collaboratively devise while social distancing to create a work exploring Elizabeth Barrett Browning, race, taboo and literary inheritance. She plays "Krystal Rullan,' in Taheim Bryan's indie feature Equal Standard (co-produced by Ice-T,) screening at Durban Int'l Film Festival, 2020. With a passion for new work, Nehassaiu has done developmental workshops and staged readings with Page 73, The Playwrights Realm, New Dramatists, NY Classical Theater, Red Bull, National Black Theatre, Rattlestick, Target Margin, Barrington Stage Co., and is excited to be part of The Forum For Cultural Exchange's Fall 2020 virtual Flash-Acts Festival. Nehassaiu received her MFA from Brown University, is a graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory and this fall is teaching acting for Princeton University.
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